Israeli venture capital fund, Shoni Health Ventures, launched a new fund focused on startups specializing in digital health and medical devices. Recognizing that innovative solutions with the potential to improve global health may go unrealized as health tech startups struggle to attract early-stage investors, the fund is focused on investing in companies at the pre-seed and seed-stage.
Gleamer SAS reported closing a series B round of $29.6 million to help expand its portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI) systems for radiologists and ramp international expansion. The exercise was led by Supernova Invest SAS who put up $11 million, joined by Heal Capital SAS with $5.5 million.
Carthera SA raised €37.5 million (US$40 million) in a series B funding round that will allow the company to embark on the first pivotal trial of its Sonocloud technology. The Sonocloud-9 is the only implantable ultrasound device that can repeatedly open the blood-brain barrier and deliver effective treatment in patients with recurrent glioblastoma, Frédéric Sottilini, CEO of Carthera, told BioWorld.
Edding Group Co. Ltd. announced June 23 it filed for an IPO on the Hong Kong Exchange – news that comes amid a steep drop in China’s biopharma IPO market forecasting sluggish activity in a near-frozen “capital winter.”
The imaging and advanced guidance for workflow optimization in interventional oncology consortium (IMAGIO) consortium of clinical partners in the EU, led by Royal Philips NV, has been awarded $26 million under the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) to carry out research into less invasive cancer therapies.
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